Ayako Hirose (広瀬 綾子, Hirose Ayako, born 21 January 1969) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.

Ayako Hirose
Country (sports) Japan
Born (1969-01-21) 21 January 1969 (age 55)
Prize money$61,320
Singles
Career record122–112
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 216 (19 July 1993)
Doubles
Career record125–87
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 115 (12 July 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1992)

Hirose, who reached a best singles ranking of 216, qualified for the main draw of two WTA Tour tournaments, the 1993 Toray Pan Pacific Open and 1994 Nichirei International Championships.[1]

In doubles, Hirose was ranked as high as 115 in the world and made the second round at the 1992 Australian Open.

ITF finals edit

$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 2 (1–1) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 30 October 1989 Saga, Japan Grass   Ei Iida 1–6, 6–7(6)
Winner 1. 9 May 1994 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Hard   Irawati Iskandar 6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 8 (3–5) edit

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 17 October 1988 Kuroshio, Japan Hard   Shiho Okada   Kazuko Ito
  Yasuyo Kajita
5–7, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 16 October 1989 Kuroshio, Japan Hard   Miki Mizokuchi   Lynn Nabors
  Lupita Novelo
6–7(5), 4–6
Runner-up 3. 13 November 1989 Kyoto, Japan Hard   Miki Mizokuchi   Emiko Sakaguchi
  Naoko Sato
6–1, 2–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 19 February 1990 Melbourne, Australia Hard   Yuko Hosoki   Danielle Jones
  Sharon McNamara
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 4. 5 March 1990 Newcastle, Australia Grass   Yuko Hosoki   Kirrily Sharpe
  Angie Woolcock
6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Winner 2. 15 July 1991 Evansville, United States Hard   Ei Iida   Kathy Foxworth
  Shannan McCarthy
6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Runner-up 5. 4 November 1991 Chiba, Japan Hard   Yone Kamio   Lupita Novelo
  Kristine Kunce
4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Winner 3. 26 October 1992 Saga, Japan Clay   Masako Yanagi   Katarína Studeníková
  Eva Martincová
6–2, 6–0

References edit

  1. ^ "Tennis Abstract: Ayako Hirose WTA Match Results, Splits, and Analysis". www.tennisabstract.com.

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